Sentence examples for claimed allowances for from inspiring English sources
But she came under fire over her expenses this year – before the Daily Telegraph's current campaign – after accusations she inappropriately claimed allowances for her sister's home in London.
Treasury sources said the chancellor issued a firm denial of wrongdoing on Sunday night in response to a more serious allegation in the Daily Telegraph – that he had claimed allowances for two properties at the same time.
While claiming allowances for taxes for accounting purposes in their financial reports north of 30%, many Fortune 500 companies end up paying little to no real corporate tax at all on their tax books.
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But The Daily Telegraph revealed in 2009 that he claimed allowances to pay for furniture in his constituency home, including a £655 "Maximus" love seat in deep moss brushed cotton, with extra fabric protection from sofa.com.
The MPs also said they wanted to create a "robust and transparent process for claiming allowances and auditing them".
Second homes are a legitimate expense for M.P.s, who need to have a base in their constituencies as well as in London, but the system for claiming allowances had become lax, and was tacitly regarded as a legitimate way of boosting official pay.
Asked what the row was doing for the reputation of Parliament, Mr Lansley said "I don't think it helps" but insisted that the "discredited" system for claiming allowances in the last Parliament had been swept away.
Senators have given free air tickets to relatives and claimed housing allowances for houses they did not live in.
All four also claimed travel allowances for the same date, and the cost of flights to and from Melbourne before and after the 27th.
